Database of luminescent minerals 

SHOMIOKITE-(Y)

Chemical formula: Na₃(Y,Dy)(CO₃)₃ 3H₂O

Family: Carbonates

Status: IMA-A

Crystal system : Orthorhombic

Display mineral: NON

Luminescence:

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Phosphorescence (in the common sense of the term) observable with the naked eye:

No data

Activator(s) and spectrum:

Activator(s): Eu³⁺, Sm³⁺,  Eu³⁺,  Dy³⁺,  Tb³⁺,  Pr³⁺,  Nd³⁺,  

Peaks in the spectrum (nm):

 Dy³⁺ : 480, 575nm

 Tb³⁺ : 545nm

 Sm³⁺ : 595nm

 Eu³⁺ : 615nm

No spectrum yet

Best localities for fluorescence (*):

• Shomiokitovoe pegmatite, Umbozero mine, Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast, Northern Region, Russia (pinkish-orange SW+ medium strength yellow-green LW);

(*)The data are not exhaustive and are limited to a few remarkable localities for fluorescence

Bibliographic reference for luminescence:

• Luminescence Spectroscopy of Minerals and Materials, M. Gaft, R. Reisfeld, G. Panczer, Springer Editor, ISBN: 10 3-540-21918-8 ,

Mineralogical reference on the Internet:

  http://www.mindat.org/show.php?name=Shomiokite-(y)

  http://webmineral.com/data/Shomiokite-(y).shtml

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